[parisc-linux] Beta CD

[parisc-linux] Beta CD

[Paul J.Y. Lahaie]

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Hello everyone,

I am in the process of creating a new Beta CD for Linux on PA-RISC.
Currently the CD will include the following:

All the latest Debian packages
Slightly modified Debian base as / (this is because standard debian
  expects r/w root environment)
Cross-compiling tools for x86
READMEs, etc.. to help bootstrap Linux on a PARISC system.

If there is anything you think should be on it, please send me some
suggestions.  I can't promise they'll all make it, but I'll see what
can be done.

						- Paul

PS:  This will be an online ISO image release only.

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Re: [parisc-linux] Beta CD

[Grant Grundler]

Paul,
Is the intent here to collect experience for a "Beta II" CD?

If not, would you consider publishing a pre-beta ISO and include
early feedback on:
o which machines it's intended for and which it's known to work on
o known bugs (not fix them all...just list them)

"Paul J.Y. Lahaie" wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am in the process of creating a new Beta CD for Linux on PA-RISC.
> Currently the CD will include the following:
...
> If there is anything you think should be on it, please send me some
> suggestions.  I can't promise they'll all make it, but I'll see what
> can be done.

TODO list from our status page?

> PS:  This will be an online ISO image release only.

That makes sense given how fast things are changing still.

thanks,
grant

Grant Grundler
Unix Systems Enablement Lab
+1.408.447.7253

[parisc-linux] Beta CD

[Paul J.Y. Lahaie]

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Hello fellow PA-RISCers,

An preliminary beta CD for PA/Linux has been uploaded to
puffin.external.hp.com.  If people could try it and forward any complaints
or suggestions to me, it would be greatly appreciated.  The URL for the
image is: ftp://puffin.external.hp.com/pub/parisc/cd-images/palinux-0.5.iso.gz

					- Paul

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Re: [parisc-linux] Beta CD

[Phillip D. Beal]

On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 05:14:06PM -0500, Paul J.Y. Lahaie wrote:
> Hello fellow PA-RISCers,
> 
> An preliminary beta CD for PA/Linux has been uploaded to
> puffin.external.hp.com.  If people could try it and forward any complaints
> or suggestions to me, it would be greatly appreciated.  The URL for the
> image is: ftp://puffin.external.hp.com/pub/parisc/cd-images/palinux-0.5.iso.gz
> 
> 					- Paul
The kernel dumps on an HP755.  Actually, how do you make these CD's?  I
know how to use mkisofs to crerat a filesystem CD, but how you make it
bootable with a kernel image? 

Thanks,
-- 
Phillip Beal
Electrical and Computer Engineering
S+LUG Vice-President

Re: [parisc-linux] Beta CD

[Richard Hirst]

On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 05:14:06PM -0500, Paul J.Y. Lahaie wrote:
> Hello fellow PA-RISCers,
> 
> An preliminary beta CD for PA/Linux has been uploaded to
> puffin.external.hp.com.  If people could try it and forward any complaints
> or suggestions to me, it would be greatly appreciated.  The URL for the
> image is: ftp://puffin.external.hp.com/pub/parisc/cd-images/palinux-0.5.iso.gz

I just borrowed a CDROM drive for my 715/75 so I could try
it on there [Actually this is the palinux-0.5.iso.gz that I
commented on, not the final version].  I wasn't successful:

Sometimes the boot hangs after "ASP version 1 at 0xf0800000 found",
waits a few seconds and then HPMCs.

The scsi driver always has serious problems with the CD drive
but does detect other devices on the bus.

The kernel always crashes after "Serial driver version 5.01...",
(if it gets that far) with

Data access rights fault in kernel: Code=26 regs=c5f9c940 (Addr=00000003)

     YZrvWESTHLNXBCVMcbcbcbcbOGFRQPDI
PSW: 00000000000001000000000000001010
r0-3     00000000 c0217800 c011e9f8 c5ff64a0
r4-7     c5ff6200 c023ab20 00000008 f0823800
r8-11    00000003 00000007 c019134c c02b20a0
r12-15   fffffffc c023a800 c023a800 c02c31cc
r16-19   c023a800 c023a800 c02b2024 00000000
r20-23   c5ff6234 f0823807 f0823800 0000000a
r24-27   ffffffff c5ff64a0 c5ff6200 c0258000
r28-31   ffffffff 000002c0 c5f9cb80 c012dfc0
sr0-4    00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
sr4-8    00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

IASQ: 00000000 00000000 IAOQ: c011e710 c011e714
 IIR: 0f881093    ISR: 00000000  IOR: 00000003
ORIG_R28: 00000058


I'll investigate further when I have the time.

Richard

Re: [parisc-linux] Beta CD

[Phillip D. Beal]

On Fri, Nov 10, 2000 at 05:14:06PM -0500, Paul J.Y. Lahaie wrote:
> Hello fellow PA-RISCers,
> 
> An preliminary beta CD for PA/Linux has been uploaded to
> puffin.external.hp.com.  If people could try it and forward any complaints
> or suggestions to me, it would be greatly appreciated.  The URL for the
> image is: ftp://puffin.external.hp.com/pub/parisc/cd-images/palinux-0.5.iso.gz
> 
> 					- Paul
the CD worked great on the 715 I tried, and I actually didn't have a
serial console machine, so I used my Palm Pilot and a link cable.  Still
worked like a charm.  How did you get the kernel image into the boot
sector of the CD?  I'd like to try to build some CD's of the kernels I'm
building to test in some mahcines that are not on the same network as
the machine that I'm building everything from.

And I don't mind posting my CD images somewhere if they work...but most
of my testing is on a 735 or 755. 

Thanks,
-- 
Phillip Beal
Electrical and Computer Engineering
S+LUG Vice-President

Re: [parisc-linux] Beta CD

[Paul Bame]

= How did you get the kernel image into the boot
= sector of the CD?  I'd like to try to build some CD's of the kernels I'm
= building to test in some mahcines that are not on the same network as
= the machine that I'm building everything from.

The magic for making bootable CDs is documented in the PALO README.html
which you have on your system already since you're building kernels.

	-P

[parisc-linux] Beta CD

[Paul J.Y. Lahaie]

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This is to answer all the questions about sti console.  Currently, in the
CVS tree, serial console and STI console cannot be turned on at the same time.

This means that a choice between serial/sti needs to be done at compile
time.  At the time we cut the beta, it was decided that serial console was
more important than sti console.  I am also working on resolving the problem
with STI/serial console and once I have a fix ready, I will make a kernel
image available.  The current beta CD is also expecting a console on
ttyS0 and does not currently open a ttyx getty.  When I have a kernel
that can decide the console at runtime, I will look into the beta CD
issues.

If you have any more questions or suggestions, feel free to email me or
post on this list.  Thank you.

						- Paul

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Re: [parisc-linux] Beta CD

[Brian Poole]

Sounds like a plan to me. I don't suppose you know how to make a 715 
boot to console? Pulling the keyboard and monitor cables off the back
just make it stop at boot with the unable to initiliaze keyboard error
I posted with earlier. I am assuming there is some sort of boot_admin
trickery necessary, but I am unaware of what it might entail and my poking
around has yielded nothing.. 

Any advice here would be much appreciated.

-b

Quoting Paul J.Y. Lahaie (pjlahaie@linuxcare.com) from 14 November 2000:
> with STI/serial console and once I have a fix ready, I will make a kernel
> image available.  The current beta CD is also expecting a console on
..
> If you have any more questions or suggestions, feel free to email me or
> post on this list.  Thank you.

RE: [parisc-linux] Beta CD

[SOETE Joël]

Hello Paul,

I use your CD image (palinux-0.5.iso) first as a base to trying to use PDC
console on a C110 model.

As it finally does not work yet, I install your CD as it is with supplied
Debian packages.

"debhelper" complaint at configure phase because of "file" package
dependencies.

Ok, I download sources of last release from Debian server and try to rebuild
this package.

It fails and in the log of configure: /usr/bin/ld: cannot open crt1.o: no
such a file or directory.

It remembers me an old problem
(http://puffin.external.hp.com/mailing-lists/parisc-linux/2000/08-Aug/0202.h
tml).
(I not sure that it exists a link between problems but the coincidence is
strange) [I do not actually try to find the solution because it was largely
recommended to work with a i386 linux and I had this opportunity some time
after]

I suspect that you already met the problem and may be have you the solution
or a good work around.

Do I have to used another release of gcc (under 
ftp://puffin.external.hp.com/pub/parisc/binaries/userspace I found other gcc
and binutils binaries. But is it for palinux?)?

Another way should be to use the cross-compiler on a i386 linux box (as it
seems enough stable). But if I well found the way to build native .deb
packages (http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/packaging.html/), I do
not find here the way for "cross-pacakging"?

Thanks in advance for help,
	Joel


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